Forestry Roads
Casino Forestry Office has reported that, during 19[?] 150 men were engaged in making reads in its district, and the distribution, of wages to them…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
718 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 36
30 SCHOOLS To Train Air Forces Australian Proposals. Melbourne
Chief among important matters which will occupy Federal Cabinet consideration, now that the Minister for Air, Mr. Fairbairn, has returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Hero Saved Soldier's Life Dragged Him Clear of Train. Sydney
Early this morning Senior Constable William C. Plummer saved the life of Sergeant John D. Honey, of Ingleburn camp, by jumping in the path of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DOWN 50 Per Cent. Road Deaths In N.S.W. During Holiday Period. Tenterfield
After examining road accident figures during the holiday period the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, exclaimed:--"Isn't it wonderful?" Up to 1 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Practical Motoring How to Offset Rising Costs in Car Operation
Now that higher petrol duties, increased registration charges and other rising, costs have, had the effect of making motoring more expensive, a greater…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Crushed Caught Between Couplings Mishap at South Grafton Railway Yards
William Spurway, aged 23 years, single, residing in Through street, South Grafton, suffered a severely crushed chest and shock at about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Horns Use To Be Restricted Anti-noise Campaign. Sydney
The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale, announced to-day that motorists who made unnecessary noise by the tooting of a horn would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iron Lung Patient Air Lock Accident . in Sydney Railway Tunnel. Sydney
Frank Fleming, 31 of Marrickville, an air lock worker, was almost asphyxiated, due to a sudden fall in air pressure while working in a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fire Kempsey Railway Station Damaged Heavy Loss Sustained
Kempsey railway station was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday, 23rd December, at noon, as a result of one of four boxes of films exploding when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Industry British Organisation Avoiding Errors of Last War. Melbourne
The present policy ensured that there would be no repetition of the experiences of 1914-18 when the British motor industry was forced to abandon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jumped From Train Prisoner Escapes From Police. Melbourne
Leaping from a moving train between Shepparton and Kooroopan early to-day, John Ryan, 38, escaped While being escorted to Melbourne by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guard Saves Train Wheels Leave Rails Serious Smash Averted. Sydney
As a result of the wheels of the Kosciusko express leaving the rails near Stanmore this morning thousands of business people were delayed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Rains Floods In North Darwin Train Held Up. Darwin
Heavy rains in the last two days have flooded large areas of land south of Darwin. The weekly train, which runs from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Pilot Leads Finns' Attack U.S.A. Planes And Airmen Murmansk Railway Useless London
The Finns plan another onslaught. comparable with Kiatajarvi and Tolyajarvi. Between three and four divisions of Russians are in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man and Woman Remarkable Actions Argument Over Motor Car. Melbourne
A man and a woman were responsible for remarkable actions in the city last night. An argument developed over a motor car and a crowd quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imports of Motors N.Z. Restrictions. Wellington (N.z.)
The Minister for Trade and Customs Mr. Nash, announces that in the first six months of 1940 imports of motors will be restricted to British vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cars Proposed Monopoly Major Political Storm South Australian Opposition Adelaide
A major political storm is developing for the Menzies Government over the monopoly in the motor car industry proposed to be given the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Killed. Melbourne
Crashing into a post on Nepean road, Chelsea, early to-day a motor cyclist. George Hannah, 21, of Parkdale, suffered a crushed head from which me…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Registrations at Grafton
There was a big increase in the revenue received for motor registrations in the Grafton District Registry during 1939. The total amount was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£150 BAIL Motor Driver In Court Bruised and Battered. Sydney
With his face battered and bruised and his right hand and head swathed in bandages Norman Alan Jobson (22) single, was remanded at the Central…
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